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IETF—Internet Engineering Task Force
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The
body that defines standard internet operating protocols such as TCP/IP,
standards that are expressed in the form of Requests for Comments (RFCs).
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IIOP—Internet Inter-ORB Protocol |
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A
protocol used for communication between Common Object Request Broker Architecture
(CORBA) object-request brokers.
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| independent
software vendor (ISV) |
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A company that makes and
sells software products that run on one or more computer hardware or operating
system platforms. |

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index |
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An area of the database
storage dedicated to holding key data values to allow direct access to a
database row. |

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| Information Technology (IT) |
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A field encompassing all
forms of technology used to create, store, exchange, and use information
in all its various forms. |

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| infrastructure |
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In computing, the hardware
and software on which applications are run. See also integrated infrastructure. |

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| inheritance
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In programming, the property
by which classes automatically contain the variables and methods defined
in their supertypes. |

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| initial
load |
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The first population of
data in a production data warehouse. |

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initialization
parameter |
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A trigger that identifies
the context associated with a servlet. |

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instance
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An object of a particular
class.
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| instantiation |
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In programming, the process
of producing a more defined version of some object by replacing variables
with values (or other variables). |

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| integrate |
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To take data in a variety
of different formats and from a variety of different sources and merge
it into a single format. |

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| integrated
infrastructure |
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A platform on which applications
are run that allows the applications to share functionality. |

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| integrity
rules |
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The laws that govern the
operations allowed on the data and structures of a database. |

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internal
data |
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Data that resides in
an organization's central processing complex. |

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| International Oracle Users Group (IOUG) |
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An independent organization of
Oracle database and application development professionals that seeks to
provide its members with opportunities for information, education,
networking, and advocacy. |

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| International
Organization for Standardization (ISO) |
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A worldwide federation
of national standards bodies that fosters Open Systems Interconnection (OSI),
a universal reference model for communication protocols, among other standards. |

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| Internet Engineering
Task Force (IETF) |
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The
body that defines standard internet operating protocols such as TCP/IP,
standards that are expressed in the form of Requests for Comments (RFCs).
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| Internet Protocol (IP) |
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The basic protocol of the internet. |

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| internet service provider (ISP) |
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A company that provides access
to the internet. |

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| IOUG (International Oracle Users Group) |
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An independent organization of
Oracle database and application development professionals that seeks to
provide its members with opportunities for information, education,
networking, and advocacy. |

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| IP—Internet Protocol |
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The basic protocol of the
internet. |

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IP
address |
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The unique identifying
number belonging to each computer on the internet. |

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| ISO—International Organization for Standardization |
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A worldwide federation
of national standards bodies that fosters Open Systems Interconnection (OSI),
a universal reference model for communication protocols, among other standards. |

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| ISP—internet service provider |
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A company that provides
access to the internet. |

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| ISV—independent software vendor |
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A company that makes and
sells software products that run on one or more computer hardware or operating
system platforms. |

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| IT—Information Technology |
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A field encompassing all
forms of technology used to create, store, exchange, and use information
in all its various forms. |

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